Court of Appeal

Reports and case summaries, listed by the case date supplied with each report.

• Keith O’Neill fails in appeal against murder conviction 2021-12-09
• Tanya Breen’s proceeds of crime sentence reduced on appeal 2021-12-06
• Judgment reserved on appeal against Stephen O’Connor’s suspended firearms sentence 2021-12-02
• State defendants lose appeal over BT indemnity in Esat case 2021-12-01
• Man jailed for child sexual abuse offences after appeal 2021-11-29
• Tanya Breen’s money laundering sentence appeal reserved 2021-11-26
• Patrick Harte’s indecent assault convictions upheld on appeal 2021-11-26
• Joseph Sheehan loses appeal over fraud claim 2021-11-26
• Boakye Osei and Kelvin Opoku lose rape conviction appeals 2021-11-25
• Jose Lacerna Pena loses rape conviction appeal 2021-11-23
• Eamon Roche loses appeal against rape conviction 2021-11-23
• Christopher Jones jailed for aggravated burglary in Cork 2021-11-23
• James Bernard McGovern’s assault appeal dismissed 2021-11-22
• Court of Appeal rules child sexual exploitation is standalone 2021-11-18
• Couple cleared of FGM after miscarriage of justice ruling 2021-11-18
• Donal Lee’s burglary sentence replaced on appeal 2021-11-15
• Rita O'Driscoll’s murder conviction appeal dismissed 2021-11-12
• Dylan Fogarty’s assault sentences increased on appeal 2021-11-12
• Michael McGauley’s Court of Appeal sentence appeal adjourned 2021-11-11
• DPP’s appeal against Robert Traynor’s suspended sentence dismissed 2021-11-11
• Court of Appeal dismisses older brother’s appeal and reduces younger brother’s sentence 2021-11-09
• Stephen Daly’s burglary and false imprisonment appeal dismissed 2021-11-08
• Diamrem Ltd loses appeal over Cliffs of Moher car park 2021-11-05
• Court of Appeal increases Lorcan Merriman’s sentence for firearm disposal 2021-11-02
• Lorcan Merriman sentenced for disposing of murder firearm 2021-11-01
• Dublin man's sexual assault appeal adjourned 2021-10-28
• Stephen O’Connor keeps suspended firearms sentence after appeal 2021-10-22
• Man’s 11-year sentence for rape and sexual assault upheld 2021-10-22
• Man appeals conviction for abuse of cousin 2021-10-22
• Unnamed man’s sexual assault appeal dismissed 2021-10-21
• AZ’s sexual abuse conviction upheld by Court of Appeal 2021-10-21
• Andrzej Benko loses appeal over attempted murder sentence 2021-10-21
• Osborn Irabor loses appeal against careless driving conviction 2021-10-19
• Unnamed man’s indecent assault sentence upheld on appeal 2021-10-19
• Phelim Coady’s suspended sentence under appeal 2021-10-18
• Court of Appeal disposed to order Roy Carroll retrial on cocaine charge 2021-10-15
• Simon McGinley loses appeal against murder conviction 2021-10-14
• John Walker appeals sexual assault conviction at Court of Appeal 2021-10-14
• Brandon Power assault sentencing adjourned by Court of Appeal 2021-10-12
• Anthony Smith to serve three years after sentence increased on appeal 2021-10-11
• Experts differ as unnamed parents appeal FGM convictions 2021-10-07
• Richard O’Mara’s rape sentence appeal was reserved 2021-09-27
• Matthew Cummins sentenced for assisting an offender 2021-09-16
• James Davy convicted of assisting an offender after appeal 2021-09-02
• Appeal court declares quashed FGM convictions a miscarriage of justice 2021-08-30
• Munster father sentenced to life for rape of children 2021-08-06
• Dessie O'Hare withdraws appeal against sentence 2021-07-29
• Robert Day loses IRA membership conviction appeal 2021-07-28
• Adam O’Keefe’s murder conviction appeal dismissed 2021-07-28
• Emma Fehily’s forgery sentence ruled unduly lenient 2021-07-26
• Noel McKeon loses appeal over violent sexual assaults 2021-07-23
• Giuseppe Diviccaro’s money laundering sentence upheld on appeal 2021-07-21
• Unnamed abuser jailed for defilement after appeal reduces sentence 2021-07-16
• Joseph Behan loses appeal against shooting conviction 2021-07-16
• Stephen Duffy jailed for assault causing serious harm on appeal 2021-07-15
• Niall Conneely resentenced to four years for dangerous driving 2021-07-15
• Matthew Cummins and James Davy convicted of impeding prosecution 2021-07-14
• Noel McKeon’s sexual assault sentence upheld on appeal 2021-07-13
• Matthew Cummins released after murder conviction overturned 2021-07-13
• Leroy Howard and Stephen Coyle lose violent disorder appeals 2021-07-12
• Janvier Tumusabeyezu loses appeal over MIBI crash claim 2021-07-08
• Unnamed 73-year-old’s indecent assault conviction appeal dismissed 2021-07-01
• Gerrard Dunne loses appeal against petrol bomb sentence 2021-06-29
• Scott O’Connor jailed for violent disorder after appeal 2021-06-28
• Evan Stubbins loses appeal over ATM explosives sentence 2021-06-28
• Emma Fehily to be resentenced over fraud at Court of Appeal 2021-06-24
• Christopher McDonald challenged murder conviction in appeal 2021-06-24
• Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh appeals indecent assault conviction 2021-06-17
• Man’s sentence cut for sexual assault convictions 2021-06-15
• Ciaran Maguire loses IRA membership appeal over shooting threat 2021-06-10
• Court of Appeal cuts Michael Scott’s manslaughter sentence to four years and six months 2021-06-09
• Court of Appeal upholds convictions in Kevin Lunney attack 2021-06-08
• Akbar Jafari resentenced for conspiring to make false identity documents 2021-06-08
• Morgan loses appeal against murder conviction 2021-06-04
• Petronel Pal loses appeal against extradition to Romania 2021-06-02
• Paul Crosby’s arson sentence reduced on appeal 2021-05-26
• Unnamed child rapist loses appeal against rape and sexual assault convictions 2021-05-24
• Matthew Cummins appeals murder conviction over Thomas Dooley 2021-05-19
• James Lammon’s murder conviction appeal dismissed 2021-05-19
• Richard O’Mara’s rape conviction appeal dismissed 2021-05-18